Horizontally swinging barber rest



y 9, 1951 J. E. BRYAN ETAL 2,554,852

HORIZONTALLY SWINGING BARBER REST Filed Aug. 5, 1947 INVENTORS J. E. BRYAN By 0. E. BRYAN v. B. CREWS 2 ATT 0RNEY Patented May '29, 1951 2,554,852 HORIZONTALLY SWINGING BARBER REST Joe E. Bryan, Oather E. Bryan, and Van B. Crews, Plant City, Fla.; said Oather E. Bryan assignor to said J. E. Bryan and said Van B.

Crews Application August 5, 1947, Serial No. 766,210

2 Claims. lv This invention relates to. auxiliary seats and more particularly to an auxiliary seat for use with a barbers chair or other chair of a type in which persons are given treatments of one kind or another.

The invention is particularly concerned with a device on which a barber or other operator may conveniently sit when serving a customer, such as cutting his hair or performing some service.

Auxiliary seats for barbers and other chairs have been employed but they not been found completely satisfactory in all particulars, including simplicity of construction, manufacture, use, and ease of installation which are necessary for a practical, durable, and commercially feasible device.

It is'therefore among the objects of the invention to provide a simple, inexpensive auxiliary seat for use by a barber or other workman serving a customer, which seat may be easily applied or removed and when installed can be easily adjusted to any desired location and with the seat mounted to rotate freely.

A further object of the invention is to provide an auxiliary seat which does not interfere in any way with the operation of the chair to which it'is applied and which can be rotated completely about the chair with which it'is associated.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following descrip tion taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figfll is a perspective illustrating the application of the invention to a chair of the type in which persons are given treatment of one kind or another; e

Fig. 2 an isometric view of theattaching collar;

Fig. 3, a vertical section through the attaching collar; and,

Fig. 4, a side elevation of the device applied to the base of a chair.

With continued reference to the drawings and particularly Fig. 1, a barber's chair is disclosed having a pedestal or base III, a supporting column ILadjustable therein for supporting a seat l2, an adjustable back l3 and an adjustable foot rest M. A lever controls the operation of the chair including the position of the back and foot rest.

The chair construction above described is conventional and is adapted to be used by barbers, dentists, and others who perform service for customers, patients and other persons. The required service is usually rendered by a barber or other person in a standing posture. However, excellent health is necessary in order to withstand the rigorousness of the duties involved and the effort required could be reduced materially by the provision of a satisfactory seat for the operator.

In order to provide this seat, an adjustable attachment is applied around the base of the chair to which is secured an extension connected to an upright post, on the upper end of which is mounted a supporting seat.

On this seat a barber or other operator may sit. during the performance of the desired services. Due to the fact that the seat is rotatable convenient access is afforded for any desired circumferential position.

The adjustable attachment around the base of the chair is in the form of a collar comprising a substantially cylindrical sleeve l6 formed of a pair of sleeve sections. This sleeve is provided with set screws I! by means of which it may be applied to a supporting column or base 10, the set screws being adapted to make the sleeve applicable to columns of varying sizes.

About the sleeve l6, composed of the sleeve sections, are mounted a plurality of fixed hollow rings l8, l9 and 20, each formed of a pair of ring sections adapted to form a unit with the sleeve. In order to fasten the ring sections l8, I9 and 20 to the sleeve, the pair of ring sections 20 may be Welded or otherwise permanently attached to the sleeve 16 and with the ends of such rings in the same general position as the ends of the sleeve. This permits one ring and sleeve section to be applied to each side of the column or post I ll and then the rings l8 and I9 secured to the ring 20 by means of bolts 2|, a nut 22 serving to hold the parts in assembled relation.

Between the rings l8 and I9 is a spacing and bearing sleeve 23 which not only maintains the rings l8 and I9 in properly spaced relation but serves as a support about which the rollers 24 may rotate. In assembling the rings l8 and IS the joints between the sections of the rings I8, l9 and 20 are preferably offset so that the parts can be held firmly assembled.

Adapted to rotate about the rollers 24 between the opposed faces of the rings l8 and I9 is a collar or ring formed of a plurality of ring sections 25 and a single ring section 26 having an attaching portion 21, all of which are fastened together in a unitary structure by means of bolts 28.

The combined thicknesses of a pair of the rings 25 and 26 is slightly less than the distance between the contiguous surfaces of the rings l8 and I9 so that the ring formed by the sections 25 and 26 can rotate freely about the rollers 24. The

ond tube 3| and is adapted to be adjustably fas' tened therein by means of aset"-screw 32. The?" opposite end of the tube 3| from the end that receives the tube 30 is provided with a'rig'ht'angular collar or sleeve portion 33 forreceivingilan upright or standard 34 adapted'to'be'vertically' adjustable therein but secured in fixed relation by means of a set screw 35.

On the lower end of the post 34 is fixed .a yoke or substantially U-shaped member 36 provided" with castors or anti-friction members 31 for engagement with" the 'floor or supporting surface:

On the upper end of the upright orstandard" 34 is'adjustably mounted a seat-33km theunder side of which isfastened'a depending-tube: 39 having'a concentricscrew 40 therein.

The tube 39 isadapted to telescopeover the upper-end of the posti'z l; while the screw 40 threads in a fixed memberor nut 4| in the standard "so that byrotation of the seat 38 with the screw -4|] the'screw willthread through the fixed,

member'or nut 4| andthe seat will be vertically raised. or lowered. Likewise, 1 by the :telescopic adjustment of the tube 30in .the'tube 3| the dis tanceofthe seat. fromithe'supporting column or post ii) and the chair associated therewith 'will' be determined. I I

With'the construction described, hair and dust will'be keptiaway from the .rolls" 24, free adjustment'of the auxiliary seat'about the mainseat will be 'possibleand the device maybe applied to supporting columns or posts which are not oflthe same diameter.

It will be obvious .tothose 'skilledin the 'art that various changes may be made in the inventibn without departing from the spirit and scope thereof and therefore the invention is not limited by that'whichis shown in'the drawings and 'de-J scribed inthe specification; but only as indicated in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. An auxiliary seat comprising a'collar for at tachmentto the upright member of 'achair'of the'character used by. barbers, said collar com.-

prising a pair of sleeve sectionsgsetscrews car for variations in diameter of said member, a. ring comprising sections permanently secured to the exterior of said sleeve, additional rings mounted on the first ring, spacer bearings mounted between said rings, means for attaching said additional rings to said first rings, said rings beinglf-arranged to define Jan annular channelabout said sleeve, rollers rotatably disposed on said spaced bearings in spaced relation in 10" said channel, a rotatable ring assembly about said rollers and i "comprising overlapping ring sections, an extensionfrom one of said ring sections; an "adjustableconnection for said extensioni havinga tubular sleeve at its outer extremity, a postvertically adjustable in said sleeve and having anti-friction surface engaging me'ans at its lower extremity, a seat, a sleeveattached to said seat and telescoping over the upper end of said post, a screw carried by said seat, a fixed member carried by said. post threadedly engaging said screw whereby rotation of" the'.seat"will cause raising and lowering. of thefsame", said" seat 'and associated collar means being freely rotatable about said chair.

2. In an auxiliaryseat the combination of f an" upright; a seat ontheupper-end of said-upright, antifri'ct'ionmeans on the lower end of said up right"; a collar for attachment'about the post of a barbers "chair; said collarj comprising a sleeve. a ring permanentlyattached to said 'sleeve; a pairiof frings," means comprising spacer bearings for "attachingi said'pairof rings to said 'rin'g and providing therebetween'. an annular hannel;- anti friction bearing means disposed said channel and *rotatably 'mo'untedon sai'd"spacer' bearings, a ringv in said channel about said anti friction bearing jmeans; andfan' adjustable'l con-- nection" between said' last named ring and. said upright. v

-JQE-E.,BRYANL OATHER E. BRYAN. VAN I B. CREWS."

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